Bluffdale, Utah
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Salt Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84065. The Survey maps it on the Jordan Narrows quadrangle. 17,014 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,436 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBluffdale grew from 7,598 to 17,014 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,598 | |
| 2020 | 17,014 | +9,416 (+124%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1885 USGS Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1951 USGS Jones Narrows quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Jordan Narrows quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Jordan Narrows quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Jordan Narrows quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Bluffdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,404 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northwest Area | WOOD |
| 14 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BIGELOW |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PRESERVE |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | 5,766 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | PINYON |
| 31 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | EAGLE CREST |
| 29 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SPRINGVIEW ASSIST |
| 21 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MINUTEMAN |
| 21 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LUCKY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Bluffdale: 17 past producers, 15 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Limestone, General, Manganese, Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Dry Hollow Prospects | Iron | Occurrence | Hematite | |
| Evans Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General, Manganese | Past Producer | 1914 | |
| Evans Lime Quarry | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Evans Lime Quarry | Manganese | Past Producer | 1930 | |
| Bluffdale Sw Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Jordan Narrows Gravel Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Jordon Narrows Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Maple Hollow Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Olivers Siding Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | 1982 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bluffdale in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Bluffdale | $45,000 | Rainfall of 1.1 inches in 30 minutes inundated storm drains and resulted in numerous reports of basement flooding. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olivers | 0.9 miles | 22 | |
| Riverton | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Nash | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Riverton Siding | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Draper | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Crescent | 5.0 miles | 24 | |
| South Jordan | 5.0 miles | 24 | |
| Lampton | 5.2 miles | 24 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bluffdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482962 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1425844. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








